The National Trust campsite at the head of Wasdale, under Great Gable and about a mile from the Scafell Pike path, open all year and the only legal place in the valley to leave a campervan overnight. Up to two dogs come free of charge, but only on camping pitches, in the tipi or in the basic pods; the other pods are not dog friendly and the site will not accept dogs on those bookings at all. Dogs must be on a lead everywhere on site, exercised away from other campers and are not allowed inside the facilities blocks. Tell them you are bringing a dog when you book, not when you arrive.
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Burnthwaite Farm B&B is a place to stay in Wasdale Head. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.
Lingmell House is a place to stay in Wasdale Head. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.
The bed and breakfast annexe of the Wasdale Head Inn, standing at the road end below Kirk Fell with Great Gable straight ahead and the Scafell Pike path leaving from the same yard. The inn's own page for Lingmell House states plainly that dogs are welcome here, which it does not say of the main hotel bedrooms or of Ritson's Bar. Rooms are simple walkers' accommodation rather than hotel rooms, which suits a wet dog after Mosedale. Ritson's Bar and Abrahams Restaurant are a few steps away but publish no dog policy, so check at the desk before taking a dog inside.
Nobody has written one for Wasdale Campsite. If you have been with the dog, you would be the first — and the first review is the one everybody reads.
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